David Douillet upset by the suspension of Chris Marques in ‘Dancing with the stars’

After “Top Chef celebrities” in 2018 on M6, “Mask Singer” in 2019 on TF1, dressed as a lion, and recently “Les Traitors” on M6 which he won alongside Clémence Castel, David Douillet continues to pose challenges on television. Arm in arm with Katrina Patchett, the former Olympic judo champion attempted the “Dancing with the Stars” challenge from the top of her 96 meters and her 130 kilos strong. to the sound of the song ladies played by Grand Corps Malade, the former Sports Minister was able to pay tribute to the women in his life, his wife Vanessa and their daughters. But his staging, where he had to dance an American Smooth with his partner, was not to Chris Marques’ liking.

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As a novelty for this season 12 of “Dancing with the stars”, the oldest jury of the program has a red stamp sanctioning the services that it considers qualitatively insufficient. Despite the satisfaction expressed by David Douillet after his passing on the court, Chris Marques sent the latter directly to catch up without receiving the slightest note. “There is a lot of imbalancecriticized the dancer and choreographer. That’s too low for a first cousin. But watch out, you don’t lose. I send you face to face but you will defend yourself like the champion you are. » Three pairs were first submitted for viewer votes, allowing Eva Queen to get 54% of the votes. While David Douillet had collected 24% and Anggun 18%, the four members of the jury unanimously drafted the latter.

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“It is difficult to recover from a red buzz”

David Douillet

“I’m just a beginner and a true white belt”defended the former judo champion. “I did what I could with my heart. »In the second part of ‘Dancing with the stars’, Chris Marques reconsidered his decision to punish him with a red buzz. “It was complicated. Technically speaking, the bases for this first stage had not yet been acquired. When we see this, we tell ourselves that it will take too long to catch up with the others in the coming weeks.he told the interested party. I know it’s hard to hear, I don’t want to draw attention and give a bad rating, but I have to be honest. » A decision that David Douillet had a hard time digesting. “It is your right to put a red stamp and I fully accept it. But it’s hard to recoverrevealed to Camille Combal. I couldn’t do it again, I thought it was a bit unfair. When you start like me from a negative level, in five days of dancing, I gave the maximum. I wanted to show that when you have a physique like mine, you shouldn’t forbid yourself anything. »